According to the Boston Globe:

Steve R. Nylund, president of the company that is selling a 49 percent stake of the free newspaper Metro Boston to The New York Times Co., apologized yesterday for making a joke with a racially disparaging reference to African-Americans at a corporate function in Italy in April 2003... "The comment was made unintentionally during my translation," Nylund said in the company's news release. "Nevertheless, I deeply regret having offended anyone, and I apologize."


But does he apologize to Richard Pryor for butchering his old joke?
Metro executive apologizes for joke [Boston Globe]